Welcome to your AZ-900: Microsoft Azure FundamentalsCertification Provider:Â MicrosoftExam: Microsoft Azure FundamentalsExam Code: AZ-900Total Question: 56Updated On: 26 March2025 1. Which Azure component allows you to replicate resources across a geography to ensure business continuity during a natural disaster at the primary site? availability zones region pairs availability sets Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets None 2. What can you use to ensure that a development team can only create virtual machines of a certain size? Cloud Adoption Framework Azure Policy Azure Blueprints Conditional Access None 3. You need to create a custom solution that uses thresholds to trigger autoscaling functionality to scale an app up or down to meet user demand. What should you include in the solution? Azure Service Health Application insights Azure Advisor Azure Monitor None 4. You have an Azure virtual machine that is accessed only between 9:00 and 17:00 each day. What should you do to minimize costs but preserve the associated hard disks and data? Deallocate the virtual machine. Resize the virtual machine. Implement Privileged Identity Management. Delete the virtual machine. None 5. Increasing compute capacity for an app by adding instances of resources such as virtual machines is called [answer choice]. disaster recovery high availability horizontal scaling vertical scaling None 6. Which two actions can be performed by using Azure portal? Create new resources. Create Microsoft Entra user Assign deny permission on a resource group Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. 7. In which cloud service model is the customer responsible for managing the operating system? platform as a service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) software as a service (SaaS) None 8. What should you proactively review and act on to avoid service interruptions, such as service retirements and breaking changes? application insights service issues Azure Monitor health advisories None 9. Which two scenarios are common billing use cases for resource tags? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. associating costs with different environments resizing underutilized virtual machines categorizing costs by department identifying lower cost regions 10. What is the customer responsible for in a software as a service (SaaS) model? storage virtual machines data and access runtime None 11. What can you use to connect Azure resources, such as Azure SQL databases, to an Azure virtual network? network security groups (NSGs) ExpressRoute peering service endpoints None 12. Which two factors affect Azure costs? date and time of use resource location availability zone selection resource usage 13. Which Azure resource is a software emulation of a physical computer that includes a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources? an App Service a virtual machine a function a container None 14. What Microsoft Entra feature can you use to configure security authentication that requires users to use their mobile phone to sign in? Azure Information Protection (AIP) Microsoft Entra Verified ID multi-factor authentication (MFA) Microsoft Defender for Cloud None 15. Which two Azure resources can make use of availability zones? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. resource groups Azure subscriptions Azure SQL databases virtual machines 16. Which two features are available by using Azure Cost Management + Billing? Create and manage budgets. Generate historical reports and forecast future usage. Estimate the total cost of ownership before resources are deployed. Provide discounted prices when you pay in advance. 17. For which resource does Azure generate separate billing reports and invoices by default? subscriptions management groups resource groups accounts None 18. An example of [answer choice] is automatically scaling an application to ensure that the application has the resources needed to meet customer demands. geo-distribution high availability elasticity agility None 19. You need to recommend a solution for Azure virtual machine deployments. The solution must enforce company standards on the virtual machines. What should you include in the recommendation? Azure Cost Management Azure Lock Azure Policy Azure Blueprints None 20. You need to compare the costs of running an application in an on-premises datacenter with the costs of running the application in Azure. What should you use to assist you? Azure Advisor Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator Azure Pricing calculator Azure Cost Management None 21. What can you use to find information about planned maintenance for Azure services that are critical to your organization? Azure Monitor Azure Advisor Azure Service Health Log Analytics None 22. What are two basic services provided by all cloud providers? compute storage application development colocation None 23. Which two characteristics are common advantages of cloud computing? physical access to servers elimination of horizontal scaling high availability geo-distribution 24. Which Azure Blob storage service tier has the highest storage costs and the fastest access times for reading and writing data? Archive Cool Hot None 25. What can you apply to an Azure virtual machine to ensure that users cannot change or delete the resource? Conditional Access a user-assigned managed identity a tag a lock None 26. Which two protocols can be used to access Azure file shares? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. HTTP Server Message Block (SMB) Network File System (NFS) FTP 27. You need to be notified when there are new recommendations for reducing Azure costs. Which tool should you use? Azure Monitor Azure Service Health Azure Advisor Log Analytics None 28. Which cloud service model is used by Microsoft Office 365? platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None 29. Which type of cloud service are virtual networks? software as a service (SaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None 30. What can you use to sync identities from an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain to Microsoft Entra tenant? Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Azure Key Vault Conditional Access Microsoft Entra Connect None 31. Which two components are created in an Azure subscription? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Microsoft Entra user accounts resource groups resources management groups 32. What can you use to execute code in a serverless environment? Azure Functions Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Container Instances Azure Logic Apps None 33. Which two tools can you use to create a new Azure virtual machine from a mobile device that runs Android? the Azure portal Remote Desktop SSH PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell 34. Which storage service should you use to store thousands of files containing text and images? Azure Table storage Azure Disk Storage Azure Blob storage Azure Queue Storage None 35. Which feature in the Microsoft Purview governance portal should you use to manage access to data sources and datasets? Data Sharing Data Estate Insights Data Catalog Data Policy None 36. Your organization is building a custom application. You need to focus on application development rather than configuration and management of servers. Which cloud service model should you use? platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None 37. What can you use to ensure that users authenticate by using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when they attempt to sign in from a specific location? Conditional Access Azure role-based access control (RBAC) administrative units single sign-on (SSO) None 38. Why is cloud computing often less expensive than on-premises datacenters? You are only billed for what you use. Cloud service offerings have limited functionality. Services are only offered in a single geographic location. Network bandwidth is free. None 39. What can be applied to a resource to prevent accidental deletion? a policy a resource tag an Azure Reservation a resource lock None 40. What provides recommendations to reduce the cost of Azure resources? Azure Dashboard Azure Service Health Azure Advisor Microsoft Defender for Cloud None 41. You need to associate the costs of resources to different groups within an organization without changing the location of the resources. What should you use? resource groups resource tags subscriptions administrative units None 42. What can you use to restrict the deployment of a virtual machine to a specific location? resource groups Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure Policy resource locks None 43. Your organization plans to deploy several production virtual machines that will have consistent resource usage throughout the year. What can you use to minimize the costs of the virtual machines without reducing the functionality of the virtual machines? spending limits Azure Reservations Azure Monitor alerts Azure Resources None 44. What can you use to provide Mac and Android users with access to a Windows environment that will run Windows-based applications? Azure Functions Azure Logic Apps Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Container Instances None 45. What can you use to create resources in Azure and includes a validation step to ensure all resources are created in a specific order based on dependencies, in parallel and idempotent? Azure CLI Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates Azure REST API Azure PowerShell None 46. What can you use to define the resources you want to provision in a declarative JSON format? Azure Repos Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates Azure CLI Azure PowerShell None 47. What can you use to allow a user to manage all the resources in a resource group? resource locks Azure role-based access control (RBAC) resource tags Azure Key Vault None 48. Which cloud service model provides you with the most control over the hardware that runs applications? platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None 49. [Answer choice] is the deployment and management service for Azure. Azure Monitor Microsoft Entra Azure API Management Azure Resource Manager (ARM) None 50. Which two actions can be performed by using the graphical user interface (GUI) in the Azure portal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Repeatedly set up one or more resources and ensure that all the dependencies are created in the proper order. Create new resources. Review a graphical view of all the services you are using. Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. 51. Which resource can you use to manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions? resource pair resource groups administrative units management groups None 52. [Answer choice] is the logical container used to combine and organize Azure resources. a management group an Azure region Azure Resource Manager (ARM) a resource group None 53. Deploying and configuring cloud-based resources quickly as business requirements change is called [answer choice]. agility elasticity scalability high availability None 54. Which two services can you use to establish network connectivity between an on-premises network and Azure resources? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Azure Firewall Azure Bastion ExpressRoute Azure VPN Gateway None 55. Which two attributes are characteristics of the private cloud deployment model? Hardware must be purchased. Organizations only pay for what they use. Applications can be provisioned and deprovisioned quickly. The company has complete control over physical resources and security. 56. Which type of cloud service model is typically licensed through a monthly or annual subscription? software as a service (SaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None Time's up